English Literary Terms

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English Literary Terms:

A Fantasy: Imaginary Story
Achilles: Greek Fighter
Ballad: Short narrative poem
Catastrophe: The tragic end of dramatic events
Lexicographer: Dictionary Writers
Limerick: Short form of light verse
Melodrama: Play: Violent & Sensational themes
Novel: Latin word
Ode - a lyric poem, often in the form of an address.
Opera – a musical drama.
Parody – imitation of a poem or a writing.
Penny dreadful – blood and thunder tales.
Plagiarism – act of stealing from the writing of others.
Protagonist – the leading character in a play / novel.
Rhetoric – the art of persuasive impressive speaking /
writing.
Rhyme – short poem in same sound.
Satire - The literary art that uses honour and wit to attack
and expose human folly and weakness.
Sonnet – a poem of fourteen lines.
Thrillers – sensational stories
Renaissance: The revival of life
Romantic Poetry feature: Subjectivity
Romanticism: Love & Beauty
To Daffodils: Short lived human life

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